- Smolen Bridge Convention - Bidding and Responses
The Smolen convention, created by Mike Smolen, is an extension of Stayman It's used after hearing a 2D negative response to a Stayman 2C bid
- Smolen - American Contract Bridge League
The Smolen convention, named for the late expert Mike Smolen, helps address this situation It works like this: instead of using transfers for hands that are 5-4 in the majors, it uses Stayman (2 )
- LarryCo. Smolen
Smolen is a convention used by a responder to a notrump opening bid (or natural notrump overcall) It is used when the responder is 5-4 in the majors (either way)
- Smolen: Bridge Bidding Convention - BridgeHands
Note South's Smolen 2S bid allows the stronger Notrump opener to play the hand Note: some players only play Smolen bids at the 3 level Similar to the above scenario, the bidding begins with 2C Stayman; after opener's 2D rebid, responder jumps to the 3 level in their 4 card major
- SMOLEN AT THE BRIDGE TABLE, WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES IN A QUANDRY . . .
SMOLEN AT THE BRIDGE TABLE, WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES IN A QUANDRY, DEFINED AS A STATE OF DOUBT UPPOSE PARTNER OPENS 1 NT, SHOWING 15-17, AND YOU HOLD A HAND WITH 5-4, IN THE MAJORS SUITS
- Smoleń - Wikipedia
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- The Smolen Convention - Bridge Tips
According to the Smolen conventional method the responder no longer bids the 5- or 6-card suit directly, but jump bids in the 4-card Major suit (the shorter of his 2 majors)
- Smolen: Bridge Bidding Convention
Smolen The basic idea of Smolen is to get strong 1 NT opener to declare Responder has 5-4 or 4-5 in the majors or better
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